# Epistulae 7

Socraticorum Epistulae, Epistulae, ιδ′. Αἰσχίνης Ξενοφῶντι.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/socraticorum-epistulae/epistulae/7

(7) ἑτέρους τε λόγους καὶ πολλοὺς καὶ καλοὺς πρὸς Κέβητα καὶ Σιμμίαν τὼ Θηβαίω διελέχθη, ὅτι εἴη ἡ ψυχὴ ἀθάνατος καὶ ὅτι οἱ τῆς φρονήσεως ἐπιμεληθέντες εἰς χῶρον τῶν θεῶν ἀπίασι καὶ οὐδὲν δεινὸν ἐν τῷ λεγομένῳ θανάτῳ πάσχουσιν, ὥσθ’ ἡμᾶς μὴ οἷον κλαίειν Σωκράτην ὅτι μέλλει ἀποθνήσκειν ἀλλὰ φθονεῖν αὐτῷ, ἡμᾶς δὲ αὐτοὺς κλαίειν ὅτι ζῶμεν τητώμενοι τοσούτου ἀγαθοῦ τῇ ἀληθείᾳ. ἀποδημίαν γὰρ ἔλεγε τὸ χρῆμα τοῦτο, καὶ Εὐηνὸν τὸν ποιητὴν παρεκάλει δι’ ἡμῶν, εἰ εὖ γινώσκοι, ἰέναι θᾶττον παρ’ αὐτόν, ἐπειδὴ φιλόσοφός ἐστι διὰ τὴν ποίησιν.

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Socraticorum Epistulae, Epistulae, ed. Rudolf Hercher. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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